Your opinions on a debate between DH and I?

[ib4cruzn]

LMAO!!! wrong drug:D

 

I had a '60s moment...

[capndinghy]

Tell him to 'Man-up' and take his drugs like a good boy.

I hope they work for him and he has a great time on the Cruise!

[mr0315]

I'm lucky I married an Eagle Scout...the ole' Boy Scout motto is "be prepared". He gets a prescription for the patch every cruise "just in case". Nothing worse than having seasickness wreck even one night of precious vacation! But when it comes down to it, your husband is a grown up, and if he won't take meds, he has to be prepared to face the possible consequences. Hope you have smooth sailing!

[LuckyStar]

Absolutely take the meds but I also took some ginger candy with me on my first cruise and it helped a gal who was with us who had some seasickness issues. You can get it at any health food store. Maybe at Walgreens by now.

[Jabee]

Meclizine is the drug in Bonine, our daughter gave me what she had left from her Christmas cruise (a couple doses) and as they are chewable I am seriously thinking of crushing them up into his coffee :D

 

You do this and it will be our last cruise...and I am not your husband, but that is how it would be for me.

 

he is a big boy, and obviously smart enough that he married you....and he can make his own decisions. When he wants to go back to the room because he is sick, you let him go...ALONE...and while you are enjoying the sun on the Lido, or losing his hard earned pay in the Casino, then you can say...remember, I suggested you take the meds early.

 

You see, now I will begrudgingly listen to you say "I told you so."

[bankerbabe]

When we took a 10 night cruise out of NYC, down to the Caribbean, my husband wore his patch all the way down, throughout the Caribbean, and then decided he didn't need it for the journey back. I reminded him in Puerto Rico (our last stop before heading north) to put his patch on, but he decided not to.

 

So, when he was greener than Kermit the Frog that night, I went to dinner without him, spent a little time in the casino, and had a nice evening. While he sat in the cabin waiting for his patch to kick in.

 

I tried to resist the urge to tell him "I told you so". Really, I tried. It didn't work.

 

I have to admit, I didn't show him ANY mercy or pity. More like a "too bad, so sad" you're a big boy and your failure to do what's necessary isn't going to ruin my evening!

 

He's never attempted to go without again.

 

So, if your husband gets sick because he refused to take any medicine, don't let it ruin your good time. He's a big boy.

[Dee777]

Ahhhh, you all made me laugh! OK here is what I decided.

 

I will bring the meds. He will know they are available should he decide to take them, and then I am not mentioning it again. Should he decide to take them, fine. Should he decide to not take them and be sick, fine.

 

Mainly I just wanted to know whether or not there was a noticeable difference in motion in the aft cabins over the mid section, which was answered earlier on in this thread.

 

And, I WILL NOT crush the pills up into his coffee. Maybe his yogurt... (just kidding, I won't, really!)

 

Thanks for the laughs!

[livestocruisetoo]

We had a center aft balcony on our Victory repo cruise during hurricane season and didn't notice any rocking and rolling other than what was coming from the cabin next to us! :D Just kidding Laura. I'm not prone to seasickness but if I was I doubt I would try meclizine just because of the side effects and warnings. Someone mentioned ginger which seems to work well for some. The patch seems to work also. If you try the ginger it would be best to do a loading period of a few days and see how it goes and have the patch for a backup. Best of luck and have a great cruise. :)

[MamaParrotHead]

Just so there's not any misinformation, the ginger is for the queasiness but doesn't do anything for the mal debarquement condition (feeling the motion after leaving the ship), that would be what the mezclizine or a patch would be for.

[SexyK]

Try the ginger tablets. They may help. Or maybe he can drink ginger ale that helps settle the stomach. I like anything passt 6 deck. I feel the motion when Im lower, unless its rough seas.

[livestocruisetoo]

Just so there's not any misinformation, the ginger is for the queasiness but doesn't do anything for the mal debarquement condition (feeling the motion after leaving the ship), that would be what the mezclizine or a patch would be for.

 

Thank you. Then the patch sounds like it is the best option. Is the active ingredient mesclizine?

[TabFox]

The active ingredient in the patch is Scopolamine. One word of warning with the patch, it can dialate your eyes, causing blurred vision (happened to me..UGHHHH) I've done the dramamine and did fine with that.

To the OP...hand your hubby a barf bag and say "see ya!" LOL

[zqvol]

I have a question regarding our cabin on the Glory this month. DH and I were discussing our forthcoming cruise last night and as he suffers from mal debarquement as well as seasickness.

 

As usual, he is being a silly keep-a-stiff-upper-lip kind of guy, and after I suggested he may like to start taking meclizine the night before we get on the ship he is pooh-pooing the suggestion. We are in an aft cabin, Empress deck. I told him we would very likely feel more motion back there than from the upper deck balcony cabins we have had on our past 2 cruises. He disagrees.

 

We have never had an aft balcony. I love cruising and never have a problem during or after a cruise no matter how rough the seas.

 

DH on the other hand has both times before and after (the mal debarquement lasted over 2 months). You may ask why it is that I am so adamant that he take something to try to help. It is so I don't have to hear the complaining lol

 

Thanks, everyone and have a great day!

 

A male point of view you are exactly right. You will feel much more motion aft than mid ships and if it is rough you will really notice it. He needs to start meds the night before, or risk a miserable trip. Since you can still consume alcohol with mezcline, he should start with the maximum dosage and then back off after it gets in his system. In fact what he should do is probably get a scoplamine patch for the cruise.

 

As sick as he gets an aft was a serious mistake.

[CanWeGoYet?]

Agree with the others - there is more motion in the aft than mid ship.

 

Don't know why so many men have the "know it all" syndrome due to their all important, er, y chromosome? ;) In any case you can simply smile and say "gee dear what a shame" if he spends the first days of the cruise with his head in the toilet - while you stroll off to dinner, the shows, etc.

 

I can see why you want to make sure he has a decent cruise & a desire to cruise again though. I'd be concerned about the same thing.

[evandbob]

tell him one of the side effects is that the meds act as an aphrodisiac, and coupled with the motion of the ship.............

[Essiesmom]

I find that my position in relation to the motion affects what I feel. For instance, most of us never got sick rocking in a rocking chair. that's the see-saw motion of the bow hitting the waves. Most of the time on the ship we are not aware of it. But if I am sitting sideways to it, I might become queasy. For instance, on my 1999 cruise on the original Royal Princess, we were in heavy seas off Brazil. We had a cabin pretty far forward, and the beds were under the window. Both my sister and I found we could not sit in our beds and read, etc. We had to leave the cabin. I have felt the same in a porthole cabin on Celebration, with the bed facing the porthole. If you are in an aft facing cabin, rather than a balcony that is pretty far aft, your beds might be parallel to the balcony door, causing the rocking motion to become a side to side motion. Might be a consideration in choosing cabin next time. It might also be a consideration in choosing your seat in the MDR, if you are at a large table. Getting there early to get seats facing fore and aft...EM

[Kidsgoneletscruise]

Sometimes it's just not worth the argument. Let it go...but tuck the meclizine in your bag just in case, he may feel differently once on the ship and feeling the sway of the ocean. BUT, If he refuses the meds and he's sick then I'd refuse to listen to the complaining. :rolleyes:

[MrPete]

Agree with Essiemom...

 

I can only remember one cruise (not CCL) where the waves were hitting us at an angle. This made the ship rock awkwardly left and right. I know I "felt it", but many first timers and even some cruise veterans were getting sick. Repeated over and over, all I heard was "NEVER AGAIN!"

 

Eventually the captain slowed the ship down, helping to eliminate the severe rocking, also delaying our arrival into port, but the ship "became alive" once again.